Patterns of Bullying and Sexual Harassment: Connections with Parents and Teachers as Direct Protective Factors

Jennifer L. Doty; Amy L. Gower; Jessie H. Rudi; Barbara J. McMorris; Iris W. Borowsky

doi:10.1007/s10964-017-0698-0

Patterns of Bullying and Sexual Harassment: Connections with Parents and Teachers as Direct Protective Factors

Jennifer L. Doty, Amy L. Gower, Jessie H. Rudi, Barbara J. McMorris, Iris W. Borowsky

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Involvement in bullying and sexual harassment in adolescence is associated with a variety of internalizing, externalizing, and health-risk behaviors. Yet, the two behaviors are often studied independently. The current study examined how bullying and sexual harassment co-occur and whether social connections protected youth from risk patterns. The data for this study come from the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey (N = 121,311; 50% female, 74% White, 26% received free or reduced-price lunch; M_age = 14.9, SD = 1.3). Students reported on bullying and sexual harassment victimization and perpetration. Using latent class analysis, youth were classified into five patterns: High-Risk of All Forms of Victimization and Perpetration (7%), Relational and Cyberbullying Victimization (17%), Sexual Harassment Victimization and Perpetration (8%), Physical Bullying Perpetration (6%), and Low-Risk (62%). Compared to the low-risk class, the four other classes had lower levels of social connections, particularly with teachers and parents. Older youth (9th and 11th grade students) were at greater risk for the sexual harassment pattern, while younger youth (8th grade students) were at greater risk for bullying patterns. The results indicate that efforts to reduce bullying should also address sexual harassment and social connections with adults.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2289-2304
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	46
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0698-0
State	Published - Nov 1 2017

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Dr. Doty was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under National Research Service Award in Primary Medical Care grant number T32HP22239 (PI: Borowsky), Bureau of Health Workforce. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice, HRSA, HHS, the Bureau of Health Workforce, or the U.S. Government. J.D. lead the conceptualization of the study, conducted the analysis, and drafted the manuscript; A.G. contributed to the analytic design, and participated in drafting and revising the manuscript; J.R. participated in drafting parts of the manuscript, and revised the manuscript; B.M. contributed to the analytic design and revised the manuscript; I.B. contributed to the analytic design and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Funding Information:
Funding Dr. Doty was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under National Research Service Award in Primary Medical Care grant number T32HP22239 (PI: Borowsky), Bureau of Health Workforce. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice, HRSA, HHS, the Bureau of Health Workforce, or the U.S. Government.

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Bullying
Parents
Prevention
Sexual harassment
Teachers

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